Bay Area

A report from the California used house salespeople. "Housing demand in California remained subdued for the ninth consecutive month in January as economic and market uncertainties sent home sales to their lowest level since April 2008, the CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS®…

A report from the Sacramento Bee in California. "Sacramento County total home sales fell 22.5 percent year-over-year in December, the lowest for the month since 2007. In the four-county region, the largest decline in the year-over-year median sales price for…

A report from Bloomberg on New York. "Amazon.com Inc.’s decision to drop its expansion plans in the Long Island City neighborhood of Queens plunged local real estate brokers into despair -- just months after the euphoria that followed the company’s announcement that…

A report from the Mercury News in California. "In another sign that the Bay Area housing market is cooling, the number of homes for sale here has spiked — signaling more options for buyers, and potentially lower prices. There were 43 percent…

A report from KIRO in Washington. "A recent report from the Northwest Multiple Listing Service indicates that home prices in King County decreased year-over-year for the first time in seven years to start 2019. 'Is it normal? posited Windermere Real…

A report from the Bay Area Newsgroup on California. "The seven-year fever driving up Bay Area home prices may finally be breaking. The number of home sales plunged 20 percent from the previous December, and marked the slowest holiday month…

A report from the Times of San Diego on California. "San Diego home prices fell in November for the fourth consecutive month, according to the authoritative Case-Shiller report. Other West Coast cities, including Los Angeles, Portland, San Francisco and Seattle,…

A report from the San Francisco Business Times in California. "Bay Area home sales plummeted by 22 percent in December, marking the largest year-over-year decline in sales of for any month since at least 2016. 'The early year rush led…

A report from Easy Reader News on California. "Economist Christopher Thornberg quoted Chapman University economist Joel Kotkin’s finding that California recently became the world’s fifth largest economy. 'But he says all the growth is coming from Silicon Valley. The rest…

A report from the Los Angeles Times in California. "After nearly seven years of sometimes fevered price hikes, the Southern California housing market has slowed markedly in recent months. A belief that the price slowdown will lead to a price drop could…